LA NINA HITTING just in time for season peak?

[rainstorm]

i still see no sign of an el nino, even a weak one.

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/products/OTI ... nomaly.gif

[USAwx1]

Ok, well then please explain to me why NINO 4.0 SSTA have been running > +.5 C since the week of JUN 30! or Why NINO 3.4 SSTA are almost +1.0 C above normal.

30JUN2004 21.0-1.4 25.6 -.4 27.3 .0 29.1 .5
07JUL2004 20.8-1.3 25.4 -.4 27.6 .4 29.4 .8
14JUL2004 20.9-1.0 25.5 -.1 27.7 .6 29.4 .8
21JUL2004 20.7 -.9 25.2 -.2 27.7 .7 29.4 .9
28JUL2004 20.3-1.1 25.4 .0 27.9 .9 29.4 .9
04AUG2004 19.9-1.3 25.2 .0 27.8 .9 29.4 .9
11AUG2004 19.7-1.2 25.1 .1 27.6 .8 29.2 .8

I would really like to know seeing as how there is obviously a strong la Nina in progress in the EQPAC and i'm obviously hallucinating when it comes to what Im seeing in the the weekly SST/SSTA verifications above since the end of JUNE.

[rainstorm]

sst's very much below normal in east pac, and they are far more below normal than the slight above normal sst's in the central pac. i see no el nino

[Derek Ortt]

overall, it appears to be neutral and may not have a great affect on the Atlantic peak activity

[MGC]

Yep, still neutral and it should remain that way though September.....MGC